Ruben Reeves in Dover, Tasmania, Australia | Musician/band

Ruben Reeves

Locality: Dover, Tasmania, Australia

Address: Reeves Lane 7116 Dover, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.rubenreevesofficial.com/new_release

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24.01.2022 Vagrant Nation Well I was sitting around the campfire with Ned Kelly and captain cook the rainbow serpent poured the tea and turned back to his book the flies were buzzing loud and the conversation stalled ... just what is it that concerns us here, the diplomat he drooled. Well cookie yelled look what I’ve found and hailed discovery A previously untrod piece of ground across the raging sea the flag was raised and taken & the natives stood confused it’s not the term that concerns us here, but how that term is used So in the interest of the commonwealth and good name of the king love is like a ball and chain I heard the convict sing Just call it evolution squawked the seagull on the wing land rights! Land rights! I heard the natives sing But as time moved on the forgotten song came up form the ground the motive and means heard the natives sound there’s no answers, no redemption for the claim the rainbow serpent whispered in the ear of the white man's gravy train Tera Nullius was never nullified, though the great MABO came upon the steps of the highest court of this land to reclaim what was native in tittle when the burden of the crown was slipping off the queens head tot he darker side of town Because there is a... failure in democracy, a failure in peace when all the Hungry voices cry out for release A failure in democracy, a failure in peace when all the Hungry voices cry out for release #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #poet #singer #livemusic #outdoor @mindilmarket

23.01.2022 Where the green ants dream Out in the central desert lands Flatt ocean floor of ancient sands... Where white carve holes out if rock with their hands and machines Where the green ants dream An invisible line that can't be seen If broken means the world will end Magnetic alignment north and south Like an ancient warning beam Where the green ants dream Where the green ants dream is now a supermarket Mining town no.matter where U park it We sit in front on the mining machines When they come to break the green ants dream But the line cannot be broken The dream he just begun Who can argue with a man whose tribe has died and no one speaks his tongue But if U stay out beneath the stars in the darkest desert night Put yr ear to tthe ground U can hear a silent marching sound The great rythmn beats and means Never doubt that invisible line That holds the balance in between Where the green ants dream Chant Ants Dream Green ants Dream Throat singing eammmmmmmm #whoisrubenreeves #poetry #livemusic #lovewhatyoudo #darwin @mindilmarket #onemanband #fun

23.01.2022 What would you do if a Camel got in between you and your phone booth falafel? New film clip on the way #whoisrubenreeves #funny #camel #falafel #outrage

22.01.2022 Happy Valentine’s Day from me and Chip #whoisrubenreeves #valentines

21.01.2022 GIG ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT! AT THE CAVE INN BRISBANE 8pm w/ the irrits & splurt Whoops I booked a gig it’s been a while Brisbanites, be lovely to see all your faces again. I’m not sure if dancing is banned still but if it is I intend to break the law ... #whoisrubenreeves #brisbane #gig #livemusic #tour #fun #onemanband

21.01.2022 FUTURE Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up get your things now and go.... I made it home by eleven in the morning A box of needs lay open on the floor the neighbors' dog was scratching flea’s inside my bed & someone had stolen all the doors Looking out the window past the lantana vines I heard the crows whisper proverbs on the breeze the present slipped over a pregnant pause & the past starts to taunt and tease The highway was weaving like midnights drunken viper when the future started to cough and wheeze we were rapping to the rhythm of the windscreen wiper when the moon spit some luck into the breeze Looking out the window past the lantana vines I heard the scarecrow whisper proverbs on the breeze the present hangs around waiting for the pause to hatch & the future has got some sort of disease The urgent undertaker of patriarchies shame Was caught red-handed trying to raise the dead we sat upon the stairs waiting for the lights to change but they only hit another shade fo red Sorrow raised his fist and kneeled & the ghost got tangled in the dream The eye’s I’m seeing through sting with desert wind sung inside a whirly whirly scream at the gathering of decisiveness that met up on the hill ancestors spoke in spirit as brother ned he stoked the still out along the road the next town shimmers through the rain & that tape we’ve heard before is the only one we’ve got so spin it around, spin it around, spin it around again The future has got some sort of disease The future has got some sort of disease The future has got some sort of disease The future has got some sort of disease #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #farmerfootdrums #outdoor #lovewhatyoudo #darwin #lyrics #poetry @mindilmarket

21.01.2022 4 DAYS! It might seem a little patronising but it’s only 4 more sleeps until my Patreon page goes live! Got some goodies in there for ya P.s. plz stop asking for nudes ... #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #poet #storyteller #patreon #supportlocalartists #whoisrubenreeves

19.01.2022 So this is a classic piece of Australian enginuity, an automatic door closer made out of a bit of rope, 2 pully’s and a half full bottle of water. It’s works better than half the door closers in town. Which cost to much and are full of shit. Please enjoy this episode of Australian Inventions with Ruben Reeves

19.01.2022 TOUR BLOG 21/6/2021 You might have to eat Roadkill Alice Springs was a bunch of fun. Monte’s lounge is such a cool bar, it’s good to have a good stop over somew...here in this middle of this long ass trip up the middle of the Red Heartland. The staff and local crew are a stark contrast to the harsh unforgiving landscape with their generosity. It’s so good to see people coming together all over the country to enjoy some of my music. However, the realities of this touring life is that I’m always on the bottom level money wise, and I’m waiting for invoices to come through or whatever. So i calculated my busking change and filled up with food and petrol to make the crossing to the next town, Tenant Creek. I did alright in that i have enough food and water to survive two weeks however i ran out of fuel about 30kms from Tenant Creek. So as i write this I’m sitting on the side of the road in the red dirt waiting for money to come through so i can hitchhike to town and get some fuel to keep moving. On my journey through this wandering bluesman thing, I’ve come to read the biography’s of pretty much anyone who came before me who’s art i consider great or important to culture. And all of them seem to have something that kept them going in the formative stages of their career. Parkway Drive slept in random fields instead of paying for accommodation, NOFX used to siphon petrol out of peoples cars on tour, Henry Rollins would sneak into restaurants and snaffle down peoples half eaten food before the waitress was able to clean it up. All of these things were things other people might not have necessarily been willing to do to get their art across to people but it’s what got them over the line in the end. Mine, is eating roadkill. Yep. You can bet if i come across a nice fresh kangaroo on the road side, I’m gonna cut off its leg and have myself a goddamn feed up. It’s actually better than most store bought meat once you know what you’re doing. So if you ever daydream about what it would be like to be a traveling guitar man. Just Remember, you might have to eat Roadkill...

16.01.2022 5 DAYS UNTIL MY PATREON GOES LIVE! Exciting times in the Reeves tour bus. And if you want to come along for the ride you can when you sign up! This deal with the Tasmanian Devil is only reserved for those who want to grow up Big & Strange! So check the fine print and get jiggy with it #whoisrubenreeves #banter #onemanband #lovewhatyoudo #poet #storyteller #vanlife #tour #patreon #supportlocalartists

16.01.2022 OMG 1 MORE SLEEP UNTIL MY PATREON DROPS!!! #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #storyteller #supportlocalartists

16.01.2022 3 DAYS!!! Until my patreon goes live! #whoisrubenreeves #supportlocalartists

16.01.2022 Playing a gig in the bush with a snake around my neck. Cheers Croc John! #whoisrubenreeves #lovewhatyoudo #onemanband #snake #outdoor #australia #wild

14.01.2022 WELL WELL WELL Too long ago, too long to tell lots of plants died and rotted up a swell making oil and gas and a whole lot more ... down in the ground for the world to store Then the monkeys grew up too much to tell. started digging up the oil & gas to sell to people with their paper, power & their planes going back down to that well again and again. STOP! The power of the land is in your hand The power of the light shuts out the night the power of the people is the power of the well but after a while, it all starts to smell Then one day, the well runs dry people stand around and they shout and cry because there’s nothing left to buy or sell except for the ghosts coming out of that empty Well after well after well runs dry people have to get their power from the sky but you never do know & you never can tell what you might find at the bottom of that Well well well, oh well well well Well well well, ooh well oh well oh well The power of the land is in your hand The power of the light shuts out the night but you never do know & you never can tell what you might find at the bottom of that Well well well, oh well well well Well well well, ooh well oh well oh well Well well well, oh well oh well oh well Well well well, ooh well oh well oh well #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #poet #livemusic #lovewhatyoudo #writer @mindilmarket

14.01.2022 6 DAYS TILL MY PATREON GOES LIVE! I’ve been hard at work putting some new stuff together for you all. This patreon page is a little extra view into my workspace at the office of the world. I already have a new music video ready for Patrons to view when they get inside and there’s a bunch more stuff to come! If it’s your thing than come on down we have plenty of room but if not I’d really appreciate it if you went somewhere else. Until we can all grow up Big & Strange! Best ...wishes, RR. #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #vanlife #wandering #bluesman #storyteller #patreon #supportlocalartists See more

14.01.2022 So i have another baritone jam for you on my new guitar. I generally try to write one song a day. And the first thing I learned about doing this is that not every song I write is that good. If I get one banga out of ten I’m lucky. Anyway I wrote this after attending a @minniemarksofficial show. Let me know if I should keep it or throw it in the trash pile. I shat my pants at a Minnie Marks gig #whoisrubenreeves #funny #joke #song #livemusic #baritone #resonator #drums #footdrums #guitar @farmerfootdrums @footdrum101

14.01.2022 TOUR BLOG 30/9/2020 The Purple Pub Well i stayed at the banyan tree for about a week longer than expected. I guess i just felt like hanging around drinking beers and swimming in the national park for a bit. Apparently i went swimming in a water hole with a 3 meter croc in it. I didn’t get bitten though so i guess the mother of three didn’t mind me dive bombing into her home for a while. I played every night at the pub there and every night it got better, drunk travellers dan...cing the night away. For me it’s extremely humbling to see that these people actually prefer the original songs to the covers, by the last night original songs is all they wanted to hear. And they were singing along to the words. So as success build on success I pack my things and finally get on the road despite everyones requests for me to stay a little longer. it’s nice to feel wanted. Chip and I pounded the midnight highway relentlessly through the wide open country stopping occasionally to view the life and death of the local wildlife. This stretch of road from darwin to cairns is longer and lonelier than the stretch from coober pedy to darwin. So as i ponder the future and roast my baked beans on the side of the highway i take the time to nail down the few more original songs made from the local stories i hear along the way and before long i found myself at the great wonder of north west queensland. the purple pub at normanton. until we can all grow up big and strange, RR. #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #travel #vanlife #lovewhatyoudo #northqueensland

14.01.2022 Got Aus Music T-shirt day coming up on Friday. Would love to see some of you guys rep those RR shirts I’ve been sending out. Be excellent to each other and party on dudes! #whoisrubenreeves #austshirtday #thisfriday #getontoit #supportact

13.01.2022 Busy day in Tennant Creek today. First I ran out of petrol coming in to town and the mayor of the town, top bloke Jeffrey Mclaughlin came and helped me out with... some petrol. He said he’s had people help him in his past of being a travelling busker so he didn’t mind passing on the favour. And as luck would have it, on the way out of town I saw the local community support bus blow a tyre. The young disability support worker had no idea how to change a tyre so I got in the dirt a little and helped them out. After a quick change they were back on n the road again and rolling. I guess that’s the rule of the road, it’s give and take. So always help others out when you can. You never know when you might need a hand Also shout out to my man Lee Edrich for helping us out with petrol cash. Top bloke, go have a drink at Kingsway Bar for me

09.01.2022 $20 Dave Everyone has got a mate like Dave Well my Dave was feeling a little down one day Cause his ex was rude while walking away... So i lent him twenty bucks at the pub I hoped it would help him pick his chin up and he promised to give it back on monday But when monday came I couldn’t find dave When I found him on wednesday he said next week So three years went by and I saw him all the time And every time i’d see him I would have to ask even if i knew the answer was the same Have you got that twenty bucks Dave? And everyone would laugh until one day In front of the brisbane hotel he said I’ve got your twenty bucks from when i had a lend Now we are finally even again! So i said thanks it’s been a long time mate Good to see you’re doing alright these days And i didn’t see him until another 3 had years passed When he phoned me and said. Hey mate it’s dave, Can i borrow twenty bucks my friend? #whoisrubenreeves #onemanbanned #poetry #funny #story #whatgoesaroundconesaround Dallas Choraziak

09.01.2022 Riding the Thunderfunk this evening. Big shout out to @dylan.reo at red star for being a mad cunt. What do you guys think about this little riffadiddle? Put this in the cooking pot or leave it for cheesus? #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #tripleinstrumentalist #guitar #guitarist #telecaster #footdrums @farmerfootdrum #funk #triplej @primusville

08.01.2022 Just some more riffing around on my new baritone resonator guitar. What kind of vocals do you think should go over these riffs? #whoisrubenreeves #onemanband #baritone #guitar #resonator #guitarist #drums #footdrums #viral #drummer #australia

08.01.2022 A termite walks into a bar and asks Is the bar man in? #whoisrubenreeves #termitemound #northernterritory #funny #australia #outback #surrealfaces

07.01.2022 RIVERBEND Put the city behind us all that concrete and disease congested veins and hungry signs stagnation on its knee’s Going down the riverbed burning in the sun... turning at the never end when the day is done Crows to the westward roadkill breakfast on the grill hear the spirits calling everything has it’s will it’s getting better every day there’s still nowhere to hide from deliverance or destiny, I’ll let you decide. living on the Riverbend, pass the meat around time slips and listens cause what is lost is then found Down the Riverbend that’s where I go with my friends & we play away the blues right till the very end. I sat there with my feet in the water fishing for Murray cod listening to an argument between wandjina and god the flame that stood between us was wallaby on the spit to all my friends and family yeah this won’t hurt a bit The traffic, the smog, the allure, the abuse, the infection and the charm and the Taint and the miss-use The coming and the going with everything in between. living on the Riverbend, pass the meat around time slips and listens cause what is lost is then found Down the Riverbend that’s where I go with my friends & we play away the blues right till the very end. #whoisrubenreeves #poet #onemanband #dry #riverbed #outback #australia #northqueensland

07.01.2022 Looks like I gotta few new fans in the Rum jungle! #whoisrubenreeves #rumjungle #party #fun #lovewhatyoudo #onemanband #northernterritory

06.01.2022 Croc jerky review by Chip the Dog and Ruben Reeves from Humpty Doo dried meats. Get amongst the Northern Territory dusty flavours. And dare to bite the croc before the croc bites you with this Ruben Reeves food review. #whoisrubenreeves #foodreview #humptydoo #crocjerky #outbackaustralia #northernterritory

06.01.2022 TOUR BLOG 25/6/2021 I Made It to Darwin, Just Well here we are again, in the sweaty end of the country. Mango leaves and palm tree’s scorching beneath the unrelenting sun. Words cannot properly describe how thankful I am of all the mob that helped me get here, or help me get anywhere for that matter. While this is a solo project, it’s actually the amalgamation of an on going collaborative effort from all you excellent people I meet along the way. So after smashing a big fee...d of Kangaroo leg from the side of the road outside Tennant creek, none other than town mayor Jeff came and helped me out with a bit of fuel from his jerry can. Top bloke. He told me about how he was a traveling busker once and for all the people that helped him he didn’t mind throwing a favour into the void and helping me out if he could. So as luck would have it on the way out of town I saw the local disability support bus blow a tyre. the young girl driving the bus had no idea what to do, so i got out in the dirt and put in some elbow grease, changed the wheel and had them on the road again in half an hour. Thus throwing another favour into the void of the road god for some lucky traveler to receive in the future. Cheers Central Australia, you’ve been swell. I pounded the road and through my last tank of fuel to a place called Banka Banka Station. A Mate had tipped me off that it might be good place to stop in on my way up. So i rocked up. Said G’day to a bloke named Adam and shook his hand as he agreed to host a good ole fashion country Ho Down. Money in the hat, Old School Style. So That night another bloke rocked up and brought his harp and guitar and we cracked jokes and traded solo’s back and forth and everyone had a cracker time, so Adam asked me to stay and do a second night. So by the time i left i had $300 in my pocket, Adam filled me up with fuel and people all over the country are driving around long distance with a Ruben Reeves CD in their car. So after leaving Banka Bank like a happy Camel leaving an oasis in the desert I continued up the chaotic Stuart highway escaping a bushfire near my camp at the Edith River and stumbling across a massive car wreckage with no one present at all. I finally made it to darwin, Just Next Show Darwin show is @doms Bar and lounge on July 1st I’ll also be doing @banyan tree caravan park from june 28-30th And I’ve got a big gig @happy Yess on Friday July 23rd

06.01.2022 This is an acoustic cover of Coolio's 90's smash hit "Gangsters Paradise". Performed by Ruben Reeves in the bush outside Ayr in north Queensland. This song features the 12 pedal farmer foot drum set and a Regal Tricone Resonator and was performed live in the single take. @Farmer Foot Drums If you would like to support Ruben to grow up Big and Strange then follow the link to Patreon: Available Monday!!... And if you want to get amongst Rubens Latest album follow the link here: https://rubenreeves.hearnow.com/ Social media links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwdmtN7hZ2B3lmuOoKDsGCw https://www.instagram.com/ruben_reeves/ https://www.rubenreevesofficial.com

05.01.2022 TOUR BLOG 17/6/2021 Lost and Found After a Massive night at the Cranker in Adelaide I got up the highway the next morning like a fierce rash. Camel milk dripping from my moustache under a storm in the centre land. The sky has a different relationship with the land out here. It doesn’t rain so much as the clouds just run into the ground. I still feel blessed every time i see it rain on this red soil.... On these long trip danger can jump out at you on any turn and in the middle of the night about 130 k’s from Coober Pedy Pulled in to rest up for the night, when i turned around to let chip out of the car. There was no chip. My stomach dropped, and my mind ticked over to when i had seen her last. I must have left her behind at the rest stop when i refuelled out of my jerry can. I didn’t even know she had gotten out of the car. Then my stomach continued to drop as i realised there were no petrol stations open and I didn’t have enough petrol to get back to where i left her. I turned around and pounded the night anyways. About 30 k’s from the place I left chip i ran out of fuel and found a campsite of Bikers who were willing to give me some fuel. Thankful for my tank full I made it back. but after a day of looking around it was obvious she wasn’t there. However the fine folks at the S.A. Lost pet Registry managed to hook me up with the people who had found her fairly quickly so i found out she had gotten in the car with a farmer and been driven to a sheep station 4 hours north. The farmer was fixing his car at the rest stop where i left chip behind and apparently she just came and sat on his foot being like I lost my dad So he took care of her and i was able to find her the next day. Luckily his house was on the way to Alice Springs so i was able to pick up chip and keep heading north. Again thankful for all the people that help us out along the way to make this touring life of mine possible. Next gig is Alice Springs Monte's Lounge on Saturday 19th June at 9pm. Come jiggle the Juice with the mother goose

04.01.2022 TOUR BLOG 3/10/2020 Cooked at Cooktown So all up it was a motherlicker of a drive. It could be the longest stretch I’ve done but it’s done. All 3000kms. I got to see a few things along the way before I reached my resting point in Cooktown. I stopped in Kuranda to bawk at the price of a busking permit and go swimming illegally off the power station. It felt like I was taunting the salt water crocodiles just over the waterfall, however the freshies don’t see me as lunch so I t...hought I’d bust a few backflips before I pounded north letting chip chase the cattle away from the road wherever they were blocking it. I can tell her kelpie self is nourished and her instincts are relived when she gets to chase things for a while. After arriving in Cooktown it took me all of 2 hours to get burnt by the harsh sun and the locals welcomed me with open arms as I busked the local market. Which didn’t appear to have any rules other than don’t piss people off or you’ll get shot. So I felt right at home really. For lunch I sat with the Nomad professor discussing philosophy and the way of the world over a few mango bongs. And now I have an esky full of tropical fruit and no place to be other than in the now so I charge my laptop and prepare to collate the wandering fragments of my mind into my notebook for the next album. We might suffer blows but life definitely doesn’t always suck. At least today most of the sucking occurs on a coconut Until we can all grow up big and strange, RR.

04.01.2022 So I did another Burger Review at Banyan Tree Caravan & Tourist Park https://youtu.be/Aqso63YqLmE

03.01.2022 2 DAY UNTIL PATREON DROPS!!! Smelly Jesus has been uploading some goodies from his workspace for you all. If you are under the age of 55 make sure you ask for grandparental permission before signing up. Things in there garentee’d to be Big & Strange! Best wishes, RR.

02.01.2022 MY PATREON LINK IS LIVE!!! If you want to be a part of the Reeves extended family you can now subscribe! https://www.patreon.com/rubenreeves

01.01.2022 For Aus Music T-shirt day I’m repping bris punk legends WHISKEY & SPEED. Great bunch of dudes and great band. Who’s shirt are you repping today? #ausmusictshirtday #whiskey&speed #punk #band #shirt